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Hello loves,

Sunday night was amazing. Stucer and I drove out to Kelowna and had such a great night. Yummy dinner and then the concert… I’m short on words to describe it.

We were a bit late, arriving part way through Kingdom Cloud’s set. I’d never heard of them but am SO GLAD that I caught what I did of their set. I gotta say that the drummer was the best part – that girl was smiling the whole time as she worked her percussive magic. Fun to watch and fun to listen to.

Aidan Knight was next up with the Friendly Friends (Julia, Olivier, Dave and Colin) and they fully blew my mind. This group of people is so talented it makes my sick. I’m already a huge fan of Aidan and his music (and so is Swimmy, evidently, as he swims around in my belly enthusiastically anytime I put Aidan’s music on) and I’ve seen him play three times, and each time it only gets better. I love his music for all the complexities and intricacies, the instrumental nuances. And the TRUMPET!!! I get goosebumps when I hear Altar Boys. But I have to say that my VeryFavouritePart of their set this time round was Aidan’s friendly shout out from the stage before Knitting Something Nice For You, “this song is dedicated to my friend in Vernon and everyone else who loves to knit or bake or any craft that’s considered socially marginal.” Rad.

Said the Whale was next and I loved every minute. Their set seemed really short, but maybe that’s just because I was having a great time. Awesome stage energy, great live show.

We Are The City closed the night and were also really awesome. High energy and lots of fun.

Stucer and I rounded out the evening with a little yarnbomb I created just for the night. I thought it was quite apropos.

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About the Great Canadian Pop Cultural Intarsia Series

Suggestions are starting to come in for my Great Can Pop Cult Int Series. My goal is to make a whole shwack of knitted panels featuring Canadian pop cultural icons and to use these panels as an exhibition. So far, I've heard:
Margaret Atwood
Leonard Cohen
the CBC Logo
Douglas Coupland
Romeo Dallaire
Terry Fox
Chief Dan George
Paul Gross
Rick Hansen
the Hanson Brothers
Gordon Lightfoot
Sook-Yin Lee
Peter Mansbridge
Kate McGarrigle (log driver's waltz)
Bob and Doug McKenzie
Christopher Plummer
David Suzuki
Pierre Trudeau
Neil Young
But I'd love to hear more ideas. I want to know who *YOU* think should be included and WHY! Send me your suggestions so I can immortalize your favourite Canadian in knitting.

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